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Insight and analysis from the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice UniversityTue, 13 Mar 2018 19:23:38 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.451005031Who are the Boko Haram and do they pose a threat to the U.S.?https://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/2012/01/who-are-the-boko-haram-and-do-they-pose-a-threat-to-the-u-s/
https://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/2012/01/who-are-the-boko-haram-and-do-they-pose-a-threat-to-the-u-s/#commentsThu, 05 Jan 2012 11:38:02 +0000http://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/?p=1838https://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/2012/01/who-are-the-boko-haram-and-do-they-pose-a-threat-to-the-u-s/feed/141838Yes, there is a homegrown terrorism threathttps://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/2011/11/yes-there-is-a-homegrown-terrorism-threat/
https://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/2011/11/yes-there-is-a-homegrown-terrorism-threat/#commentsMon, 21 Nov 2011 13:40:17 +0000http://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/?p=1723https://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/2011/11/yes-there-is-a-homegrown-terrorism-threat/feed/61723Security experts question U.S. support of NATO strikes against Gadhafihttps://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/2011/10/security-experts-question-u-s-support-of-nato-strikes-against-gadhafi/
https://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/2011/10/security-experts-question-u-s-support-of-nato-strikes-against-gadhafi/#commentsFri, 14 Oct 2011 15:43:43 +0000http://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/?p=1549https://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/2011/10/security-experts-question-u-s-support-of-nato-strikes-against-gadhafi/feed/11549The DEA’s unfinished business in Afghanistanhttps://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/2011/07/the-dea%e2%80%99s-unfinished-business-in-afghanistan/
https://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/2011/07/the-dea%e2%80%99s-unfinished-business-in-afghanistan/#commentsThu, 28 Jul 2011 12:30:10 +0000http://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/?p=1032On Friday, July 15, the first 650 U.S. troops of many more to follow began to withdraw from Afghanistan. The remaining troops are set to withdraw by 2014, according to a decision made during a NATO summit held in Lisbon in November 2010. As those uniformed troops begin heading home, approximately 75 or more analysts and agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) remain to serve as proxy war fighters in at least four forward operating bases in Konduz, Jalalabad, Kandahar and Herat. Their presence defines the “drug war” in an abstract form, given that the DEA mission is one of the relatively unknown facets of the war in Afghanistan, the battles of which are being fought in the opium fields of that country every day.
Why is the United States is investing so much in terms of DEA personnel, money and other resources into Afghanistan’s poppy fields? The answer is as simple as it is counterintuitive: terrorism. ]]>https://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/2011/07/the-dea%e2%80%99s-unfinished-business-in-afghanistan/feed/41032The next move for Al Qaedahttps://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/2011/05/the-next-move-for-al-qaeda/
https://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/2011/05/the-next-move-for-al-qaeda/#commentsTue, 03 May 2011 12:59:11 +0000http://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/?p=341https://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/2011/05/the-next-move-for-al-qaeda/feed/3341Bin Laden is dead: Now what?https://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/2011/05/bin-laden%e2%80%99s-dead-now-what/
https://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/2011/05/bin-laden%e2%80%99s-dead-now-what/#commentsMon, 02 May 2011 16:46:01 +0000http://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/?p=332https://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/2011/05/bin-laden%e2%80%99s-dead-now-what/feed/6332